Klarinet Archive - Posting 000157.txt from 2002/04
From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay) Subj: Re: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake.... Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:52:15 -0500
On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:17:00 -0800, rjbrown@-----.edu said:
> In the book I'm currently reading, "Clarinet" by Jack Brymer, he
> makes mention of a clarinet designed by William Stubbins that used an
> "S.K. mechanism" to improve the quality of the throat Bb.
[snip]
> So, I'm curious, what ever happened to Mr. Stubbins' clarinet design?
> Does anyone make a clarinet these days with that mechanism? And if
> not, why not? It seems to me that it would solve many problems of
> voicing that Bb. Any enlightenment?
There have been several ways suggested to improve the quality of this
Bb. There is a description of the one you mention at:
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Equipment/index.html
But in fact, one of the most successful is due to a member of this list,
Avrahm Galper. You can investigate Abe's modification to the Buffet
clarinet through his webpage at:
http://www.avrahm-galper.sneezy.org/
As to why there's not a great deal of activity around these
innovations...
I suppose that players have learnt to compensate for what they already
have in standard configurations.
Best,
Tony
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